CORE COMPETENCY & PROGRAM AREAS

DON Explosives Safety

- Provides technical guidance, policy recommendations, and oversight of ordnance storage and transportation systems.

Weapons Systems Safety/Joint Programs

- Performs reviews of combat systems through the following review board and panels:
    
    • Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board
    • Software System Safety Technical Review Panel
    • Fuze and Initiation System Technical Review Panel
    • Technical Review Panel

Navy Ordnance Environmental Support

- Serves as the Navy's primary technical authority for ordnance environmental issues.

Weapons Assessment

- Provides technical guidance, policy recommendations, and reviews on electromagnetic effects to ordnance, insensitive munitions, and hazard classifications to enable the safe transport and storage of ammunition, explosives, and related components.

Shipboard Weapons Integration

- Identifies safety-critical areas of integration and recommend affordable design measures that minimize the residual risk ultimately presented to the operational forces and serves as the single point of contact for coordinating weapons integration issues/efforts to reduce explosive mishap risk associated with ordnance handling, stowage, and transportation in the Fleet.

GOALS

CORE VALUES

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Ensure accountability and auditability of resources is inherent in the execution of the mission.
 
- Integrate knowledge management in all aspects of the mission.
 
- Identify and implement weapons and explosives safety requirements early and throughout the lifecycle.

- Assess and validate weapons policies, methodologies, and technologies in coordination with the DON, DoD, and allied partners.
 
- Develop criteria, provide guidance, and monitor compliance throughout the Naval enterprise.
 
- Support safe transport and secure storage of arms, ammunition & explosives (AA&E).
 
- Assess and integrate Navy-wide environmental compliance with explosives safety requirements.